The Supreme Court of India has rejected the Association of Power Producers’ (APP) request to extend the deadline for installing emission reduction equipment by two years to 2024. The association had filed the petition seeking […]
The central government has decided to hive off the central transmission utility (CTU) function from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid). The MoP has directed Powergrid to make the CTU a 100 per cent […]
Indian Railways (IR) has suspended the operations of all regular passenger trains scheduled to run between July 1, 2020 and August 12, 2020 amid rising COVID-19 cases. Passengers will be given a full refund for […]
IR formally kick-started its plans of allowing private entities to operate passenger trains on its network on July 1, 2020. It has invited request for qualification bids for participation on 109 pairs of routes through […]
IR has charted a plan to generate 800,000 man-days of employment for migrant workers in infrastructure projects worth Rs 18 billion. These projects will provide job opportunities to labourers until October 31, 2020. The initiative […]
The Maharashtra government granted approval for the Nagpur-Nagbhid railway gauge conversion project on June 25, 2020. The project involves the conversion of the 116.5 km […]
IR has managed to complete 200 delayed projects during the lockdown period. While the completion of these projects during normal times would have required full or partial shutdown of key railway routes, the suspension of […]
Construction work on the 21 km Usilampatti-Andipatti section of the Madurai-Bodinayakkanur gauge conversion project is likely to be completed by September 2020. Besides, construction work on the 17 km Andipatti-Theni section is in progress with […]
Electrification work for the Bhatni-Aunrihar line doubling-cum-electrification project was completed on June 19, 2020. The project involved doubling and electrification of the 125.3 km Bhatni-Aunrihar railway line, excluding the Indara-Mau section, in Uttar Pradesh, at […]
In an effort to improve the quality of roads, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to undertake performance assessment and ranking of highways in the country. The assessment audit and ranking of […]
Amid the ongoing India-China tensions, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has announced that India will ban Chinese companies from participating in highway projects, including those through joint ventures (JVs). According to the […]
To make highway projects more viable financially, the central government is planning to revamp NHAI. The MoRTH has asserted that the need of the hour is to devise bankable projects suitable for the market with […]
NHAI has set up a four-member search-cum-selection panel to manage its upcoming infrastructure investment trust (InvIT). As a part of the process, a new company is being set up to act as the investment manager […]
Reportedly, NHAI will now offer smaller bundles of operational assets worth Rs 5 billion and above under its asset monetisation programme through the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model. The proposal has been mooted by the MoRTH keeping […]
Reportedly, the MoRTH has plans to bid out more projects in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode. The ministry claims that the number of highway developers that could arrange finance and take up projects […]
Reportedly, Cube Highways and Infrastructure Pte Limited is likely to raise funds worth about Rs 35 billion from the State Bank of India to fund its purchase of long-term toll collection rights under the TOT […]
NHAI will go ahead with a plan to raise Rs 500 billion through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) with the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) for the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project. Reportedly, the authority is […]
In a big move on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR)-related dues case, the Supreme Court has directed telcos to file audited balance sheets for the past 10 years and come up with payment proposals, and […]
DoT has withdrawn 96 per cent of the claims of over Rs 4 trillion levied by it against public sector undertakings (PSUs). In its earlier hearing on the matter, the Supreme Court had come down […]
DoT has directed telecom operators as well as internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, SHAREit and WeChat. The names of the apps were issued in two lists. To […]
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